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gno⋅mic

2  [noh-mik, nom-ik]
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–adjective
1. like or containing gnomes or aphorisms.
2. of, pertaining to, or noting a writer of aphorisms, esp. any of certain Greek poets.
Also, gno⋅mi⋅cal.

Origin:
1805–15; < Gk gnōmikós. See gnome 2 , -ic

Related forms:
gno⋅mi⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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Word Origin & History

gnomic 
"full of instructive sayings," 1815, from Fr. gnomique, from L.L. gnomicus "concerned with maxims, didactic," from Gk. gnomikos, from gnome "thought, opinion, maxim, intelligence," from gignoskein "to come to know" (see gnostic). Eng. gnome meant "short, pithy statement of general truth" (1577).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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